Salt lake area Gang Project R E S O U R C E G U I D E To ServiceS in SalT lake counTy RESOURCE LIST All services are provided free of charge, or on a sliding fee scale unless otherwise noted SCHOOLS: Utah State Office of Education Contact Person- Verne Larsen Safe & Drug Free Schools This office is responsible for the statewide school-based prevention program, which addresses 250 East 500 South substance use and violence prevention. The program is referred to as “Prevention Dimensions”. SLC, Utah 84111 It’s the foundation for which many schools build their specific prevention programs. Please 801-538-7713 contact if you would like more information on the curriculum, or would like to discuss E-mail: [email protected] areas/topics which you feel need more attention. Salt Lake City School District Contact Person- Jan Adams Student Services Department Salt Lake City School District offers many prevention and intervention programs and 440 East 100 South services. These include Insight classes for anger management, substance abuse, and SLC, Utah 84111 tobacco use, as well as gang prevention mentors and academic support programs. 801-578-8394 School counselors are able to provide crisis counseling and additional support services E-mail: [email protected] for at-risk students. Murray School District Contact Person- Deb Ashton, LCSW (Safe & Drug Free Schools Coordinator & 147 East 5065 South Community Developer Murray School District) Murray, Utah 84107 A continuum of educational prevention programs exist for children in grades K-12th. Additional 801-264-7400 phone supports are offered through social work intervention at the secondary schools along 801-264-7456 fax with a centralized community referral process at the district level. E-mail: [email protected] Granite School District Contact Person- Clay Pearce/Shelley Stevens/Trent Hendricks 2500 South State Street Granite District has a number of school based programs which targets a wide variety of issues. SLC, Utah 84115 The following is a list of programs/services offered: SAFE Class, Safe & Drug Free Specialists, 801-646-4607 QUIT Program, Community of Caring and Skills for Success Classrooms are available in a few E-mail: alternative education programs within some junior high schools. School Success Classrooms are [email protected] of our high schools. Counselors, social workers and school psychologists are available in [email protected] Granite District Schools to provide support services to at-risk students. Jordan School District Contact Person- Brett Wilson/Hema Katoa Student Intervention Services Jordan District’s S.I.S. counselors provide services for students who are at risk for a variety of 9361 South 300 East reasons – academically, socially, physically and/or emotionally. These intervention/prevention Sandy, Utah 84070 programs are designed for either an individual, group, class, or school throughout Jordan District. 801-412-2950 Programs available with S.I.S. include Pathfinder’s - a gang intervention/prevention program; E-mail: [email protected] S.K.I.P. – Supporting Kids of Incarcerated Parents; RISKLINE – a 24 hour/7 day crisis line for [email protected] students, parents and school faculties; Crisis Team Response for schools; First Time Offenders’ drug and alcohol early intervention classes; Youth in Custody programs; Techniques for Tough Times classes; Peer Leadership Teams; Prevention Dimensions training; and Connections and G.O.A.L.S. EDUCATION/AWARNESS: Salt Lake Peer Court Contact Person- Kathleen Zeitlin (Program Director) 645 South 200 East Salt Lake Peer Court is a non-profit program offering an alternative approach to juvenile justice SLC, Utah 84111 in which youth offenders are sentenced and mentored by a jury of their peers. Youth volunteers E-mail: [email protected] (ages 14-18) conduct court hearings and develop dispositions which hold youth offenders accountable, integrate them into community programs and resources, build skills, and strengthen their ties to school and community. The youth volunteers also provide peer to peer mentoring, offering ongoing support and guidance. Salt Lake City School District schools refer youth who are truant or who have committed minor offenses. The target population is grades 5-12. Salt Lake Peer Court hearings are held every Thursday evening during the school year from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, in the Matheson Courthouse, 450 South State Street. Midvale Youth Peer Court Contact Person- Lori Silcox (Program Director) 8068 South Roosevelt Street Midvale Youth Peer Court (MYPC) is a nonprofit organization designed to enable youth Midvale, Utah 84047 volunteers to hold court hearings each week for the early youth offenders that have been 801-255-0227 referred by the Midvale Police Department and local schools. The objective in the courtroom 801-558-8616 is to repair the harm to the community by reaching out to youth offenders through positive E-mail: [email protected] consequences that enhance the offender’s ability and desire to make healthy choices in the future. [email protected] The youth court volunteers work with the offenders to build positive decision making and conflict resolution skills by offering peer mentoring, mediation and counseling, “Choices” classes and community service programs. The MYPC volunteers and the youth offenders spend more than 3,000 hours each year performing service projects within our community. Today’s youth are truly our leaders of the future. Midvale Youth Peer Court strives to ensure that our youth will have the necessary fundamental principles to become effective leaders. COMMUNITY: Salt Lake Community Action Contact Person- General Program Salt Lake Community Action Program has been a private non profit Utah corporation for the past 764 South 200 West 40 years. The program attempts to meet the needs of the low income population, through the SLC, Utah 84101 following programs: landlord/tenant mediation, emergency food pantries, weatherization, 801-359-2444 employment referrals, advocacy, foreclosure counseling, HECM counseling, Head Start, Website: www.slcap.org H.E.A.T., home maintenance training, housing assistance, services for people that are HIV positive, and after school programs. Neighborhood Action Coalition Contact Person- Darrin Cottle (Community Program Coordinator) College of Health, U of U The Neighborhood Action Coalition currently has a grant from the Department of Justice to help 250 South 1850 East, Room 215 mobilize the city of West Jordan, targeting prevention of illicit use of drugs, especially underage SLC, Utah 84112 use of alcohol. NAC has adopted the Communities That Care community-based prevention 801-585-5745 phone model developed by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr. Richard Catalano. This program features the risk 801-585-3448 fax and protective factor model. NAC has used this model in the following Salt Lake City areas of E-mail: [email protected] Central City, Fairpark, Glendale and Poplar Grove; and the cities of Midvale, Murray, Website: www.utah.edu/nac Taylorsville, and West Valley. SHOCAP Contact Person- Thomas Loevlie (SHOCAP Coordinator) 3365 South 900 West (Serious Habitual Offenders Comprehensive Action Program) A comprehensive information and SLC, Utah 84119 tracking process for police, prosecutors, schools, probation, judicial, corrections, social service 801-743-5872 phone and community after-care services. It enables the juvenile justice system to focus special 801-743-5819 fax attention on juveniles who repeatedly commit serious crimes, with particular attention given to E-mail: [email protected] providing relevant and complete case information for more appropriate intervention, supervision and sentencing decisions. Asian Association of Utah Contact Person- General 1588 South Major Street The Asian Association of Utah (AAU) advocates equality for Utah’s Asian Americans and SLC, Utah 84115 Pacific Islanders in areas of immigration, education, and all other socioeconomic concerns of the 801-467-6060 x234 phone community. The Association provides direct services to assist Asians and Pacific Islanders in 801-486-3007 fax community integration while retaining cultural identity. Services are funded from public and Website: www.aau-slc.org private sources and are provided by bilingual staff. Utah Multicultural Affairs Contact Person- Claudia Nakano 324 South State Street, Ste. 500 Multicultural Affairs (MCA) promotes institutional change by partnering with State agencies to SLC, Utah 84111 assure equity and access to culturally competent programs and services. MCA collaborates with 801-538-8791 phone the Multicultural Commission (MCC) including Lt. Governor Greg Bell, Chair, and key 801-538-8867 fax stakeholders representing the Legislature, state agencies, and leaders from minority communities. Website: MCA and MCC will develop plans, address findings and make recommendations to the Governor www.multiculturalaffairs.utah.gov regarding State government’s level of responsiveness to the ethnic community. Focus in efforts will include outcome in education, health, economic development, corrections and building community partnerships. Utah Project Safe Neighborhoods Contact Person- Drew Yeates (PSN Coordinator) (PSN) Utah’s Project Safe Neighborhoods is part of a nationwide commitment to reduce and prevent 185 South State Street, #400 gun violence by networking with both new and existing local programs and law enforcement that SLC, Utah 84111 target gun crime by prosecution